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Posts by Patrick Spencer

Patrick Spencer, Senior Vice President, Americas Marketing & Industry Research, Kiteworks
Patrick is charged with building thought leadership and communications programs that increase brand awareness and engagement and propel lead-generation programs. He has nearly two decades of experience in various senior marketing roles within cybersecurity at Contrast Security, Fortinet, and Symantec.
He holds a doctorate from the University of Durham and two masters and a bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University.
Verizon DBIR 2026: Shadow AI Now a Top Insider Threat
What the Rockstar Games Snowflake Incident Means for Third-Party Data Security
Global Data Privacy Laws 2026: Cross-Jurisdiction Compliance Guide
Shadow AI: When Everyone Becomes a Data Leak Waiting to Happen
MFT Breaches Persist: Legacy Architecture Failures Exposed
DSPM Tells You Where the Data Is. Now What?
Another MOVEit Vulnerability. Same Pattern. Different Stakes.
AI Agent Incidents: Unchecked Risks Expose 65% of Organizations
A Third-Party AI Tool Quietly Opened the Door to Vercel’s Internal Systems
MCP Flaw Exposed: Secure AI Data Governance Now
Security Blocks Agentic AI Scaling: Stanford Confirms Key Barrier
Six AI Vulnerabilities. Three Failure Patterns. Most Organizations Are Fixing the Wrong One.
GrafanaGhost Exposes Three AI Security Failure Patterns — Not One